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    aggravate 对比 intensify
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  • Intensify】 , 【aggravate】 ,  【heighten】 ,  【enhance】  mean to increase markedly in degree or measure.

    Intensify】 implies a deepening or strengthening of a thing or especially of its characteristic quality.

    Aggravate】 implies a manifest increase in the seriousness of a situation or condition that is already unpleasant or difficult.

    Heighten】  and  【enhance】  both imply a lifting or raising; heighten】 , however, tends to imply a lifting above the ordinary, the trite, or the commonplace, and a consequent increase in sharpness and poignancy, and  【enhance】 a lifting above the norm or the average in desirability or attractiveness by the addition of something that increases the value, charm, or prestige of the thing enhanced.


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